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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3450, 4 March 1890, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE:

■ ENGLISH. | "..;':.: Lokdox,March 1. J Mr tf, Labouohoro brought before tho House of Upmuioiis to-d&y the West lind scandal, and, in doing, so, ■ alleged that Mr.James Munrp, the ' Chief Commissioner' of the Metropolitan police, urged that Hammond, who was notoriously connected with the scandnl and subsequently fled to New York,Bhould be arrested and plnced'oii his trial for complicity in the ofluiiue, but the Homo Ollice declined t'o give its sanction to this oourse,' He also asserted that Lord Salisbury directly advised the absconding of Lord Somerset, and when the latter gentleman returned to London some time after tho scandal, as reported, for the purpose of attending a funeral, tho policeurgcd that ho should be arrested, but Mr'H. Matthews, tho Homo Secretary, refused to give his nssentf In tho courao of his remarks he denied that Prince Albert Victor was connected with tho scandal, and in conclusion ho demanded that a committee should lie appointed 'to investi? gate tho whole matter, Hid also as to Lord Salisbury's criminal conspiracy.. ' . ;' March I.'

Sir K. B. Webster, replying to Mi Labouchere's remarks on the Wes End scandals, denied- that, Lon

Salisbury was nwavc ofLordSomcrsot's connection witli them, or that he had been accused until the latter had escaped from the country, Mr Labouchero deolined to accept this denial, and declared his disbelief ot'Lord Salisbury's assertion of innocence in the matter. Being requested to withdraw the latter remarks, ho

persistently refused,and was susfendei lor a week;

Mr J. Mo'rley admitted that Sir K, E, Webster had dissipated many rumors.

Tlio debate was brought to a close by tlw cloture being enforced, aid an amendment to reduce the amount ol Supply was negatived by 20G to GO Tho Spectator states that Englnm

is helpless regarding the surrender to the Victorian Divorce Bill, and considers it will be better to abandon the right'of veto. It adds that the alliance with Ilia colonies at present is one-Bided, being all freedom with Australia, while all the responsibility rests with England. AUSTRALIAN. Sydsey, March 1. Tlio steamer Adelaide collided wHli the schooner Colonist in the haibor this afternoon, the latter vessel sinking immediately. One of her crew namod: Naylor was.drowned. FOREIGN. Warsaw, March I. Hundreds ol infants have been murdered hero by criminals and their agents throughout the country by the baby farming system, St Petmisbuiig, March 1. Russia is arranging for thocstab-

lisbmont of a Balkanic League, comprising Ruseia, Montenegro, Servia, and Greece.

• Berlin, March 2: , Font Radicals have boon elected for Berlin, This party has gained largely in the provinces, The Socialists havo gained six rnoro seats, aud Cartels have lost six. - Pahis, March 2, .Mi Tirard has advised the prose-cution-of'Legaito for advising th j

German Socialists to shoot tho Euiporor William,

THE Quetta Disaster, Further Particulars.-

London, March 1. The British India Company aro casting discredit on tho telegram reporting the loss of thoir steamer Quella. Brisbane, March 8, Tho awful suddenness with which the Quetta sank made it impossible for anyone below to reach the deck, and all tho engineers were drownod. The vessel passed, over the rook at the rato of 12 knots per hour, One of the passengers states that he was sitting in the port hatch with

his wife and children when tho vessel struck. The captain called,out" All hands aJ," but tho second steward said it was all right, and tho vessel had only stopped,to anchor. Terrible confusion ensued, especially amongst

the women, Tbe coloured portion of the crew were particularly noisy and unmanageable. Tho forward hatch was blown several feot into tho air by the pressure from below, One lifeboat was lowered to the water's edge as the vessel was sinking, but being rushed by the Japanesque swamped, His wife jumped off tho ship into the sea, and he Mowed shortly after with the children in his arms. He never saw his wife afterward. "When

in the water'he was held up by a colored man, and in the struggle lost his child, which was drowned, He next got hold of a boat, to which a large number of persons, were clinging, and assisted to get her upright, when the water baled out, and all bauds, numbering about 70, got m. The land was over three miles away from tho scene of the wreck. The ofiicor on deck threw lifebuoys overboard, and all the officers and men did their best, The survivors suffered very much from cold during tho night, A sad case in connection with the wreok is that of Mrs Jackson and two children. Her husband was drowned a few weeks ago in tho floods in Brisbane river, and she and her family were left peuniloss. She expressed a wish to' return to England, and tho publio subscribed sufficient;funds to defray the cost of her passage It is feared that all threo are lost. A saloon passenger named Gapo, who was lost, was on his way Home to inherit a fortune of £55,000, He had previously been .working as a labourer .'at . Beonleigh for some months at 20s per week, Ho was refused passage, as the vessel was full, but induced the Shipping Company to give him fl berth on payment of L2O over the ordinary fare, . The revised list of passengers and others on. hoard tho ill-fated steamer Quetta shows that 187 persons were saved while 145 were drowned. Tho cargo was insured for £OO,OOO and the steamer for, £-12,000, principally in English diid Australian oflices. Miss Lacey, was rescued in a most miraculous maimer. Sho clung to a raft until midday on Saturday, when she left it and tried to swim ashore, The current carried her awa-y) then she -kept ''floating : without support for twenty-four Jiours, hiring .been in the water for thirty-six libuM before being rescued. .'-,-.;;"■" The reported drowning- of Pilot Keating'proves to'be hicqrreot. He was amoiig'tliose rescued,- aurt states that only a slight.shock.was felt when (lie eteamei' stntck, and id about a

minuto and a .half after llio engines stopped the" water- was up. to the bridge, the stem of the ship standing high up out. of - the water. ■ The, propoller and tho larger part of tho keel were- visible, \ Tho Qnettn, lje' says,- appoared to lnhg in that position lor half ut minntCi when she libted to port and disappeared, suck-' fog'"him (Pilot Keating) down with her. On reaching.the surface again the pilot and Captain liouter, a passenger, found air overturned, boat", which they paddled with their hands and two oars to the shoro, A bout a mile and a, half off shore' they picked up'four Lascars and towed them astern. '. • Melbourne,.March 8. The news of the Quetta disaster lias been received with profound regret and horror.